The budgeting process in many states often begins with the executive branch, as the governor releases a recommended budget for…
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Medicaid as Prevention: How Healthcare Providers Can Help Reduce Child Welfare Involvement Through Early and Continuous Care
Preventing child abuse and neglect is fundamentally a public health strategy. When families have access to stable prenatal care, healthy…
Kids’ Mental Health at School: A Prevention Opportunity for Medicaid and Child Welfare
Most children in the US spend a significant portion of their week – and young lives – in schools. For…
What the Rural Health Transformation Program Really Means for Federally Qualified Health Centers
Rural communities face some of the most persistent challenges in the U.S. healthcare system, including provider shortages, hospital closures, workforce…
Leading the Nation’s Child Welfare System: A Conversation with Children’s Bureau Associate Commissioner, Dr. Ryan Hanlon
Coffee with a Colleague: Child and Family Well-Being and Medicaid Waivers
In this episode of Coffee with a Colleague, Managing Director Katie Renner Olse sits down with Director Julie Cannariato…
Coffee with a Colleague: Child and Family Well-Being and Value-Based Care
As child welfare systems move further toward systems of value-based care, value-based contracting, or performance-based contracting, it is well worth taking…
Honoring National Adoption Month
Raising awareness to support children in foster care and families brought together through adoption November is National Adoption Month, and…
Reimagining Child Welfare: The Transformative Role of Technology
Calling the child welfare system a system is a misnomer; it is in fact a combination of many—from state and…
Celebrating 60 Years of Medicaid: Dually Eligible Beneficiaries in Medicare and Medicaid
As Medicaid marks its 60th anniversary, this issue brief explores the evolving landscape of dual-eligible beneficiaries—individuals enrolled in both Medicare…
Sellers Dorsey to Present at IPHCA 2025
Friday, October 24, 2025, 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Don’t miss Sellers Dorsey Managing Director Karen Brach and Director Imani Lewis…
Child Welfare Financing Playbook: Unlocking the Potential of Available Funds to Strengthen Family Well-Being Systems
Our new playbook: Unlocking the Potential of Available Funds to Strengthen Family Well-Being Systems breaks down the current funding landscape, funding sources, the challenges of coordination, and the opportunities for success.